Court upholds dog-abuse convictions

Rahsaan Johnson has been free on bond while awaiting a ruling on his appeal

4:52 PM,
May 9, 2014

Written by

Douglas Walker
dwalker@muncie.gannett.com

Incarceration could be soon in coming for an ex-Muncie man after the Indiana Court of Appeals upheld his convictions stemming from the abuse of his pit bulls.

Rahsaan A. Johnson, 38, more recently of Port Charlotte, Fla., in November 2012 was convicted of 14 counts of possessing an animal for use in a fighting contest, a Class D felony with a standard 18-month sentence, and seven counts of cruelty to an animal, a misdemeanor.

In March 2013, Delaware Circuit Court 1 Judge Marianne Vorhees sentenced Johnson to four years in prison, but ruled he could post a $500 cash bond and remain free while he ...